Hong Kong continues to slaughter poultry to stop the spread of avian influenza

Introduction: [Hong Kong continues to slaughter poultry to stop the spread of avian influenza] Hong Kong continues to slaughter 1.2 million live chickens in Hong Kong, and on Saturday, a large area of forced disinfection of stalls will be carried out to stop the spread of avian influenza The goal of the government's efforts is to stop the cross infection of avian influenza virus with other viruses and cause harm to human beings As a result, Hong Kong residents are not allowed to eat fresh chickens that have just been killed in the coming weeks, which is a local habit "When we are convinced that the stall has been disinfected and there is no virus, we will consider allowing the sale of poultry again," lily yam, Hong Kong's environment and Food Minister, told reporters at a slaughterhouse in Kowloon Witnesses said about 50 government employees dressed in disposable white hats were slaughtered at the Kowloon wholesale market until Saturday afternoon Hong Kong SAR chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa also told reporters at a press conference on Saturday that the government hopes to find a long-term way out of this disease endangering public health, and the government will consider the possibility of setting up slaughterhouses Centralization of poultry slaughtering will minimize the spread of the virus, but it could end the traditional practice of cooking fresh chickens in Hong Kong Hong Kong residents consume about 100,00 fresh chickens every day, more than 70% of which come from mainland China Earlier this week, China denied the possibility of a bird flu outbreak in the Hong Kong SAR, but said it would help prevent the spread of the disease The latest sources of influenza in Hong Kong are yet to be explored The virus was first detected in a routine test in early May A spokeswoman for the agriculture, fisheries and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong SAR government told Reuters that more than 43000 chickens would be put into garbage trucks filled with carbon dioxide gas on Saturday to be killed After being sterilized, the dead chicken is put into a bag and buried The Hong Kong government said 24809 poultry were killed at 92 stalls on Friday to prevent the H5NI virus from spreading As a result of Hong Kong's current policy of slaughter, the local poultry industry is expected to receive a total of HK $80 million (US $10.26 million) in compensation from the government But vendors are eager to resume business "We hope that the government will take all measures to restore our business That's what matters "I have staff waiting to get paid," said Wang Kunyu, chairman of the Kowloon Poultry Association Macao was also affected, but the government information agency adjacent to Macao said Saturday morning that H5NI virus was found in two samples of geese imported from mainland China According to the Macao information agency, the virus is different from the virus found in Hong Kong in 1997, which is harmful to human beings But Macau has yet to decide whether to slaughter 40000 of its poultry The early estimate is 200 million This is the second time in less than four years that Hong Kong has been forced to slaughter poultry In 1997, the government slaughtered 1.4 million chickens At that time, different avian influenza viruses emerged, causing six deaths The virus spread to the South China coast China feed industry information network ezf